Enough Already!

God I wish the news media in this country would grow a pair and do what real journalists used to be paid to do - report the news, stake out a position, and stand up to the powers that be no matter how loud they howl. My local daily, along with hundreds of others around the country, are playing right into the hands of Islamic fascists by swallowing their propaganda hook, line, and sinker.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Paper apologizes after cartoon flap

Published February 14, 2006

The editorial staff of the independent daily newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said Monday that its members were embarrassed by how the decision was made to run controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad last week. "We want to make it clear that while we do not necessarily disagree with the decision to print these cartoons, we disagree with how they were run," read the unsigned editorial in Tuesday's Daily Illini.
The decision to run six of the 12 Danish cartoons in the paper's Feb. 9 edition was made by only two editors--a decision not supported by the full editorial staff, according to the editorial. "This newspaper prides itself on being a member of the professional journalistic community. We value freedom of the press, speech and expression. But we acknowledge that in certain instances, such as the publishing of these offensive cartoons, there are issues that must be considered," it continued. On Tuesday, a discussion titled "Making Sense of the Cartoon Controversy" is scheduled at the campus. It has been organized by the Muslim Students Association and the Council on American Islamic Relations-UIUC.

Wimps. No one was “offended” for over four months following the initial publication of those cartoons. Do you know why? Because it takes four months for the radical muslim network to get Danish flags sent around the world and schedule “spontaneous” riots.

Producing images of the prophet Muhammed, Allah, etc are NOT forbidden by Islam. This supposed sacrilege is only recognized by members of the small but politically powerful Wahabi sect in Saudi Arabia. All this hand wringing and calls for “dialogue” miss the point entirely and proves to the religious fascists that the US is weak and will bow down to whatever outrageous demand they make.

For shame. Americans used to stand up to tyrants. Now we just bend over and take it.